Kill-field around brown dwarf, thermal effects
I've just seen the preview of the kill field around the brown dwarf, and the sudden explosion of the player ship.
I feel like the ship should degrade when in the hot zone, and that got me thinking that thermal effects could be (simply) modelled for the damage taken in this zone.
A simple reduction of hitpoints for any block in direct line of sight to the hot body, perhaps with a bit of randomisation in damage rate.
Also, I think it would be cool if blocks could have a red/orange/yellow emissive glow when taking thermal damage.
While this only adds visual flair to blocks burning up in the kill field for now, it could offer a framework for blocks being damaged by thruster exhaust, or for modders to add thermal weapons or dedicated thermal protection blocks in the future.
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